Barongarook West

19.9% of Barongarook West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

78 family households lived in Barongarook West; 43.6% were couple families and 6.4% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Barongarook West had 291 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Barongarook West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

56.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

34.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Barongarook West had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 22.0% had four or more usual residents.

13.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

63.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 18.7% of the total.

82.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.1% reported a different address.

8.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

86.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.6% of Barongarook West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Barongarook West.

Australian ancestry made up 49.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 19.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

59.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 6.5% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 54.1%.

Median household income was $1,531 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,599.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 13.7% in Barongarook West, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 56.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.8% in Barongarook West, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..